Published 4:00 am, Thursday, October 2, 1997

San Ramon -- Police were searching yesterday for a Pleasanton man who exposed himself to an 8- year-old girl in the ladies' room at the Royal Vista Golf Course.

The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon when the man entered the bathroom at the course's pool area, detained the child and exposed himself. The girl screamed and the suspect fled the area in a black Jeep Cherokee. A witness copied down the license plate of the vehicle and police traced it to a residence in Pleasanton.

Officers didn't find the suspect at his house and were continuing their investigation yesterday.